This directory contains zip archives of executable versions
of the perplex programs and documents. The programs have been
compiled without optimization and should run on any system
running windows95 or windowsNT. If you wish to have an optimized
version of the programs contact me and i will make one available.
If the executable files provided here do not run on your system
you may be able to copy versions that work from either Stefano
Poli or Daniele Castelli (see perplex homepage). Daniele Castelli
also maintains an interactive graphics tool (vertexview) for
viewing the output from Perple_X.
Because of the limitations of DOS some of the Perple_X
file names have been changed from the names given in the
various forms of documentation, the following is a list
of which files you will find in which archives:
Zip Archive Perp_Docs.zip:
*.doc - these files are the "README" files for specific
applications, utilities, and documentation, they
are not formatted and are easier to read with a
font such as courier.
README - this file.
sin*.ps - postscript files for a review of phase diagram principles.
see Document.doc.
tut*.ps - postscript files that comprise the tutorial. see
Document.doc.
Zip Archive ibmpc_no_opt.zip:
*.exe - Perple_x programs, compiled without optimization. These
should be ok for pentium pro processors, for other
architectures it may be advisable to obtain optimized
binaries. These are console programs and it is probably
easiest to run these from a "Command prompt console".
These programs must be executed in the same directory as
any data file used by the program. See the tutorial,
perplex.doc, and examples.doc.
epi.ps - postscript file necessary for psvdraw.
pro.ps - postscript file necessary for psvdraw.
ps2ai.ps - ghostscript filter to convert psvdraw native postscript
to adobe illustrator format, new versions of adobe
illustrator and corel can import native postscript (i.e.,
the graphical output from psvdraw) directly.
in*.dat - input files for vertex for the examples described in
examples.doc
examples - a directory containing annotated output files and terminal
dialog for the examples described in examples.doc. these
files are in a subdirectory so that they will not be
over-written (a word?) if you run vertex with one of the
example input files (see above). Note the names of many
of the input and output files have been shortened.
any other Perple_X files must be copied from the appropriate source
directory as indicated on the perplex home page:
http://www.perplex.ethz.ch/perplex.html